Varun Vir Singh v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2419 of 2023 Petitioner :- Varun Vir Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaurav Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Tanisha Jahangir Monir Hon'ble Pritinker Diwaker,Chief Justice Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J.

¶1The grievance of the petitioner is that in an illegal manner a temple is being constructed in a Public Park namely Pratap Vihar Park, Police Station-Vijay Nagar, District-Ghaziabad, by some of the miscreants. Against which the petitioner and other persons of the Colony, have made complaints dated 02.09.2023 and

06.09.2023 to the respondent no. 2 i.e. Municipal Commissioner, Ghaziabad, but despite the complaints, made to the respondent no. 2 nothing has been done.

¶2Learned counsel appearing for the respondent no. 2 submits that the construction activities had already been stopped and the construction of the temple would be removed within a week.

¶3In view of the statement made by the learned counsel representing the respondent no. 2 nothing survives in the writ petition, however, we expect that the undertaking given by the learned counsel for the respondent no. 2 shall be adhered to.

¶4It is made clear that in case, the respondent no. 2 requires police protection the same may be given by the administration and even if the same has not been provided to the respondent no. 2, the respondent no. 2 can not permit the illegal construction of the temple to continue unabated.

¶5With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 16.10.2023 Deepak/ (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) (Pritinker Diwaker,CJ.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad